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Red Dwarf is a British science fiction sitcom series (Britcom in the U.S.), which parodies most (if not all) of the sub-genres of the medium. The first series aired on BBC2 in 1988 and seven further series were produced. The idea was developed from sketches introduced on a 1984 BBC Radio 4 show "Son of Cliché".
The Red Dwarf is a gigantic spaceship, belonging to the fictional Jupiter Mining Corporation, which, following a nuclear disaster on board, was left to drift into space. Three million years later, after radiation levels have dropped, the only surviving crew member is reanimated from stasis, and is completely unaware that anything more than two weeks has passed until forced to face reality.
This is the slob anti-hero David Lister (Craig Charles). He enjoys the company of a hologrammatic representation of deceased crew member Arnold J. Rimmer (Chris Barrie), and the Cat, Felix Sapiens, a descendant of a domestic cat which Lister smuggled onto the ship which became humanoid whilst retaining a cat-like interest in fish and heightened fashion sense, as well as Holly, the ship's computer. Later on, they are joined by the android Kryten (the actor most famous for playing him is Robert Llewellyn but was played by David Ross in his first episode) who Lister encourages to break his programming.
A pilot episode for an American version was produced for NBC in 1992, though never broadcast. The show was essentially the same, substituting American actors for the British. A notable exception was Robert Llewellyn, who reprised his role as Kryten. Another notable difference was that it considered by many to not be funny. Additionally the franchise has expanded to include four novels, written by the show's producers, Doug Naylor and Robert Grant. Grant and Naylor wrote the first six series together, before Grant left in 1996 leaving Naylor to write the next two alone.
'Red Dwarf: The movie is currently in production, details as yet are unclear.
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See also red dwarf, the stellar classification